Johnny Miller, Sun Oct 2 13:58:53 CST 2022
Vim (/vɪm/; a contraction of Vi IMproved) is a free and open-source, screen-based text editor program. It is an improved clone of Bill Joy's vi.
📖 References
Table of Contents
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- Operators let you operate in a range of text (defined by motion). These are performed in normal mode. See more: Motions and operators
- Text objects let you operate (with an operator) in or around text blocks (objects).
| Keystroke(s) |
Description |
Note |
h j k l |
Arrow keys (⬅️ ⬇️ ⬆️ ➡️) |
|
b / w |
Previous/next word |
|
ge / e |
Previous/next end of word |
|
0 (zero) |
Start of line |
|
^ |
Start of line (after whitespace) |
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$ |
End of line |
|
gg |
First line |
|
G |
Last line |
|
:n |
Go to line n |
|
nG |
Go to line n |
|
zz |
Center this line in editor window |
|
zt |
Top this line in editor window |
|
zb |
Bottom this line |
|
H |
Move to top of screen |
|
M |
Move to middle of screen |
|
L |
Move to bottom of screen |
|
/pattern |
Search for pattern |
|
?pattern |
Search backward for pattern |
|
n |
Next matching search pattern |
|
N |
Previous match |
|
gd |
Go to definition |
JetBrains |
{ / } |
Jump to previous/next paragraph |
Visual mode |
| Keystroke(s) |
Description |
Note |
a |
Append |
|
A |
Append from end of line |
|
i |
Insert |
|
o / O |
Next line Add blank line below/above current line |
|
J |
Join next line of text with current line |
JetBrains plugin: ideajoin |
s |
Delete char and insert |
|
S |
Delete line and insert |
|
C |
Delete until end of line and insert |
|
cc |
Delete whole line and insert |
|
dd |
Delete line (Cut) |
The deleted texts will be copied in Vim’s clipboard |
2dd |
Delete 2 linen (Cut) |
|
dw |
Delete to next word |
|
db |
Delete to beginning of word |
|
ciw |
Change (replace) entire word. (Delete current word that pointed by cursor) |
|
cw / ce |
Change (replace) to the end of the word. |
|
u |
Undo changes |
|
<C-R> |
Redo changes |
<C-R> = ctrl + r |
Esc / <C-[> |
Exit insert mode |
<C-[> = ctrl + [ |
<C-C> |
Exit insert mode (corrupt), and abort current command |
<C-C> = ctrl + c |
< / > |
Indent right/left |
Visual mode. Operators |
= |
Autoindent |
|
| Keystroke(s) |
Description |
Note |
x |
Delete character (Cut) |
The deleted character will be copied in Vim’s clipboard |
dd |
Delete line (Cut) |
Copy in Vim’s clipboard |
yy |
Yank line (Copy) |
Copy in Vim’s clipboard |
p |
Paste from Vim’s clipboard |
|
P |
Paste before from Vim’s clipboard |
|
"*p / "+p |
Paste from system clipboard |
|
"*y / "+y |
Paste to system clipboard |
|
| Keystroke(s) |
Description |
Note |
v |
Enter visual mode |
|
V |
Enter visual line mode |
|
<C-V> |
Enter visual block mode |
|
a |
Enter insert node and append text after where cursor is |
|
i |
Enter insert node and insert text before where cursor is |
|
Esc / <C-[> |
Exit insert mode |
<C-[> = ctrl + [ |
Text objects let you operate (with an operator) in or around text blocks (objects).
v |
i |
p |
| Operator |
[i]nside or [a]round |
Text object |
| Keystroke(s) |
Description |
Note |
vip |
Select paragraph |
|
yip |
Yank inner paragraph |
|
ciw |
Change (replace) entire word |
|
ggvG |
Select all text. (Go to top, visual mode, go to bottom) |
|
| Keystroke(s) |
Description |
Note |
m{a-z} |
Set mark {a-z} at cursor position |
|
m{A-Z} |
A capital mark {A-Z} sets a global mark and will work between files |
|
| ``{a-zA-Z}` |
Move cursor to the position where the mark was set |
|
'{a-zA-Z} |
Move cursor to the start of the line where the mark was set |
|
'' |
Go back to the previous jump location |
|
:marks |
List marks |
|
:delmarks {a-zA-Z} |
Delete specific marks |
|
:delm abc |
Delete marks a, b and c |
|
:delm! |
Delete all marks but not marks A-Z |
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